The EITI Board notes that the Solomon Islands did not publish the 2015 EITI Report by the deadline of 31 December 2017 and did not submit an extension request.

Recognising that the Solomon Islands is currently suspended due to having achieved insufficient progress during Validation, the EITI Board calls upon the government to ensure progress with the corrective actions, including the publication of an EITI Report that meets requirement 4.8 on timely EITI Reporting (i.e. a 2016 EITI Report),

Niger has sought an extension of the Validation commencement date (1 July 2016). Having assessed the extension request in accordance with requirement 8.5, the EITI Board concludes that Niger is not eligible for an extension of its Validation. In accordance with the EITI Standard, Validation will begin immediately. The Validation report will reflect progress made since 1 July 2016.

The EITI Board decides that Honduras is suspended effective 13 February 2018 due to not publishing the 2015 EITI Report by 31 December 2017.

The EITI Board notes that Honduras did not submit an extension request.

In accordance with the EITI Standard, the suspension will be lifted if the EITI Board is satisfied that the outstanding EITI Report is published within six months of the deadline, i.e. by 30 June 2018. If the outstanding EITI report is not published by 30 June 2018,

The EITI Board suspended Ethiopia on 3 September 2017 due to the delay in publishing its 2014/15 EITI Report.

Ethiopia’s EITI Report for the year ending 7 July 2015 was agreed by the MSG and submitted to the International Secretariat on 4 January 2018. The report is available from the EITI website and will soon be available from the EEITI website. Thus, the condition for lifting its suspension has been met.